Wacom Bamboo on Lucid

[Billie Walsh]

On 11/22/2010 08:45 PM, Albert Wagner wrote:
> I am struggling with getting a Wacom Bamboo CTH-460 tablet properly
> installed on Lucid. I have uninstalled xserver-xorg-input-wacom in
> Synaptic.  I have installed linux-wacom-0.8.8-10 from Linux Wacom
> Project. And I have downloaded xf86-input-wacom-0.10.9 from Linux Wacom
> Tablet Project.  It seems to me that linux-wacom-0.8.8-10 yields a
> kernel module, whereas, xf86-input-wacom-0.10.9 yields an Xorg module.
> I am in way over my head.  With linux-wacom-0.8.8-10 my pen "sort of"
> works (the paint path is nowhere near the brush).  There are many
> features missing, notably touch.  Any HOWTO out there explaining all of
> this is in a hot state of change, with new, contradictory, info daily.
> I think that I should install xf86-input-wacom-0.10.9 next to get the
> necessary X mods.
>
> Could anyone explain the distinctions between linux-wacom-0.8.8-10 and
> xf86-input-wacom-0.10.9?
>
> Both Linux Wacom Project and Linux Wacom Tablet Project are SourceForge
> based and seem to be joined at the hip.
>
>    

Just my $0.02. Kubuntu 10.04. YMMV.

I tried to get my 460 working and did actually manage it once. But, on a 
reboot I found that the settings didn't stick and I would have to go 
through the whole thing over again. I decided it just wasn't worth the 
trouble and hooked it up to my Windows machine. Now I use it with Gimp 
in Windows and use Dropbox to transfer back to my Kubuntu machine. Way 
less trouble.

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